Handwriting Analysis

Handwriting has been variously described as an unconscious response to the mind’s desires and has been called brain writing. Irrespective of what it may be termed and by whom graphology is nevertheless a truly silent gesture but one by which one can clearly identify an individual’s talents.

Through graphology we are able to describe the character and personality of a writer, define attitudes to social relationships, deduce the level of intelligence and apparent education and assess the values and abilities within these parameters.

We are able to indicate where a writer’s real abilities lie and this may not reflect the current life style or stated ambitions that are largely governed by age and experience of life. For example, elderly folk may write with a beautifully controlled style while the young may pen something quite the reverse.

Such tell tale signs can be detected as well as left-handedness but it is much better if the writer’s age, handedness and sex is stated with the application. We do not need a birth date, for clues may be gained using astrology or numerology and suggests the possibility of cheating, unless of course, statistical work is being undertaken.

Unless it is absolutely unavoidable a photocopy should not be offered as an alternative because analysis can only be safely established from proper handwriting. Much information can and will be lost because continuity and pressure along with other features of writing cannot be established – mistakes will be made.

The ideal writing sample should be in ink, a fountain pen or ballpoint, never a pencil or a fibre-tip. It should be written on plain, unlined white paper, A4 size. What is written is immaterial as long as it is in the writer’s usual style. The whole missive should be submitted – never tear a portion from an original. Provided the applicant asks the sample will be returned.

Ideally, handwriting should not be written specifically for analysis but be a sample of something penned earlier. Several examples written over a fair period of time are the best but are rarely available.

Because, basically, writing reflects the mood and thinking of the author at the time of writing, what a writer creates varies slightly according to how he or she feels and this has a bearing on the construction of the script. Therefore, much may depend on to whom and for what purpose it was created; a love letter, an application for a job, a note to a friend or a shopping list.

To enable the best result about a 100 words or so will suffice and it is always helpful to include the writer’s usual signature with it. However, one without the other may also lead to errors in the assessment. Some people have more than one signature, one for formal business communications; the other for more private, personal matters.

Peter West

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 Handwriting has been variously described as an unconscious response to the mind’s desires and has been called brain writing. Irrespective of what it may be termed and by whom graphology is nevertheless a truly silent gesture but one by which one can clearly identify an individual’s talents.